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"speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
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"content": "The main issue that I would like to bring to the attention of the House is that the Nairobi City County Government must apologise and desist from that kind of act going forward. The governor must apologise to Kenya Power and Lighting Company, and the residents of Nairobi City County in general. We cannot do that. Tomorrow, if they have a problem with National The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"content": "Environment Management Authority (NEMA), or any other institution, is that the way they will solve their disputes?"
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"content": "What will stop them from dumping garbage and swill outside your gate?"
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"speaker_name": "Suna East, ODM",
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"content": " Hon. Speaker, that is a good question. This is because if I do not pay for their water bills or service charge on time, they can also dump garbage in front of my house. Further, they will go ahead to tell me that until I pay my dues, they will not remove the garbage from my house. This is a phenomenon that we have never seen. The governor is elected by Kenyans, through the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) Party, even though Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has some symbiotic relationship with him. However, we cannot confirm that relationship yet because we do not understand where it is headed to. Hon. Speaker, in spite of all that, and with our symbiotic relationship with the governor, we have to condemn things that are done wrongly. That was a wrong act on the part of the Nairobi City County Government. We are warning people who might attempt to do that kind of nonsense. It may not end well with them. Other institutions can also do that; others can lock up your house for not paying your dues or something. That act must be condemned and it must not be repeated or else this House will exercise its mandate of oversight. Nothing constitutionally, stops us from summoning governors. There is nowhere in the Constitution where it is written that governors can only be summoned by the Senate. The Constitution says that Parliament can summon anyone; Parliament refers to both the Senate and the National Assembly. Parliament can summon anybody in Kenya. So, under that provision of the Constitution, we will summon governors if they go wayward. They must stick to the rule of law, and respect the laws that we have put in place as a House to govern this country. Thank you, Hon. Speaker."
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"content": "Hon. Ichung’wah."
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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Thank you, Hon. Speaker. I also join Hon. Junet Mohamed, the Leader of the Minority Party, to condemn that act by the County Government of Nairobi. I ask the County Government of Nairobi and Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) to get into a negotiation or some sort of dialogue, to be able to resolve the issues on pending bills before them. What we have seen around Stima Plaza are criminal acts. I was asking myself last night as I watched the television, where the police who should be ensuring there is law and order everywhere in the country, are---. The Inspector- General of Police must take decisive action and begin with the drivers who drove those trucks there. It should be very easy for the Inspector-General of Police through the Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI), to extract information about the drivers who dumped there and the people who instructed them. Whether it goes all the way up to the governor, it should not matter. We should not entertain criminality in the guise of attempting to collect debts from public institutions. Some of our constituents are waiting for bursaries and for Grade 9 classrooms to be built through NG-CDF. Members of Parliament are also asking for the NG- CDF money. What if we decided that everybody now will take the law into their own hands and do whatever they want? Will we have a country? The City Council of Nairobi owes businessmen and women in this country money in pending bills to the tune of hundreds of billions. What if the people who are owed by the Nairobi City County decide to also go and dump their garbage outside City Hall tomorrow? How will the Governor of Nairobi take that? Under the Ethics and Integrity Act, this is not only a criminal act but one that goes against the Integrity and Ethics Act."
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"content": "They are also criminal acts under the National Environmental Act. The electronic version of the Official Hansard Report is for information purposesonly. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor."
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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
"speaker_title": "Hon. Kimani Ichung’wah",
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"content": " Yes, they are also criminal acts under the National Environment Management Act and criminal acts touching on economic crimes. They dumped garbage and sewer deliberately on a road. They spent public resources to dump and later clean-up, which is an abuse of public funds."
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"content": "Yes."
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"speaker_name": "Kikuyu, UDA",
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"content": " Therefore, we should not allow this kind of behaviour to go unchecked. These are the same governors who sometime back, were asking to be given some security officers under their command. You can imagine if these governors had policemen under their command, they would trample on everyone. I ask the Inspector- General of Police to make sure that action is taken against the people who dumped garbage outside Stima Plaza. I also want to encourage the business people I saw crying on national television. They have closed down restaurants because nobody can patronise their restaurants. They must take civil action against the Nairobi City County for compensation for lost business. They are closing down people's businesses. I did not know that Stima Plaza is not even owned by KPLC; they are tenants of Stima Plaza. It is owned by pensioners, our mothers and fathers who worked in KPLC and KenGen, as it were before. It is their business as landlords that is being spoilt by the County Government of Nairobi. Hon. Speaker, the Chairman of the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security is here so you should direct him to summon the Inspector-General of police to explain to the committee and this House why they are watching when criminality takes root unchecked. People are only left to cry on the television about how their businesses have been locked down. KPLC employees are also being paid a salary but they cannot go to work. Hon. Speaker, I beg that you direct the Departmental Committee on Administration and National Security of this House to pick up that matter together with the Departmental Committee on Energy Committee, with the Inspector-General of Police and the Ministry concerned to make sure that there is an amicable solution to this problem. More importantly, the Inspector-General of Police should ensure that criminal charges are leveled against those who dumped garbage outside Stima Plaza. That behaviour cannot be condoned."
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